Car-seal set



(No Model.)

H. M. FOOTE. OAR SEAL SET, CUTTER, AND EXTRAOTOR. No. 254.435.

Patented Feb. 28,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE M. noorn, on LAns1 e,-MtNunsoTA.

CAR-SEAL SET, CUTTER, AND EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,435, dated February 28, 1882.

Application filed December 31, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE M. Foo'rE, of Lansing, in the county of Mower, and in the Stateot'Minnesota, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Seal Set, Outter, and Extractor; and I do hereby declare that the, following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device from the cutting side, the jaws being open. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same from the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the car-seal employed before application to a car. Fig. 4 is a like view of the same in place, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of said device in position for removing or extracting the seal after having cut one told of the same.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

The design of myinvention is to furnish in a simple, compact, and inexpensive form means for easily and quickly securing, cutting, and extractin g seals from cars 5 to which end itconsists in the construction and relative arrangement of the parts of the tool, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawings, A and B represent the sections of my device, which sections are pivoted together near their front-ends in such manner as to enable the latter to be opened or closed by the opening or closing of their rear ends, which ends have the form shown to adapt them for grasping by the hand of an operator. The front ends, a or b, of the parts AandB l'ormjaws, which, when. closed togethor, have contact along their entire length and furnish means whereby a thin plate of metal may be firmly grasped. Within the upper face of the lower jaw,b, is provided a round recess, 1), which corresponds in size and shape to the like features ofa boss, at, that projects downward from the lower face of the upper jaw, a, said boss being caused to coincide with and to enter said recess when said jaws are closed together. Said lug and recess have the usual form for setting eyelets, and are intended for such purpose.

Within the right-hand side of each jaw a (No model.)

and b is secured a steel blade, a or N, which are arranged so that their contiguous edges will pass by or overlap each other when said jaws are closed, and each of said edges is sharpened so as to form one blade of a pair of cutting-blades that are operated by the opening and closing of said jaws.

The tool as described is complete, and is to be used in connection with a seal, 0, which is formed of a narrow strip of sheet metal provided within each end with an opening, 0, for the reception of an eyelet, c, that is placed within one of said openings and the end of said strip then turned backward until the large end of said eyelet is confined between the fold, as shown in Fig. 3.

In applyingthe seal 0 its single end is passed through a narrow slot, (1, within the lockingpin D of a car-door, and is then doubled back and its end passed over the eyelet c, after which the latter is set by means of the tool before described, the result beingshown in Fig. 4.

When it is desired to remove a seal 0 the jaws of the tool are opened and thelower jaw, I), passed between the folds of the same, with the side containing the cutters b farthestfrom the eyelet c, after which saidjaws are closed together and the portion of said sealing-strip contained therein severed by said cutters, and at the same time the end farthest from the locking-pin D so firmly grasped by saidjaws as to permit the operator to draw the severed strip from said locking-pin, for which purpose said tool is used as a handle.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what I claim as new is The hereinbetore-described tool for securing, cutting, and extracting seals, in which the clamping, cutting, and eyelet-settingjaws are combined, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony'that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of December, 1881.

HORACE M. FOOTE.

Witnesses:

D. B. JOHNSON, J r., W. E. RIKER. 

